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<h2>Styles</h2>


<p>The following type style commands are supported by LaTeX.

    Note that <a href="versions.html">LaTeX2e</a> differs on this

    point, having instead a <a href="fonts2e.html">Font Selection</a>

    scheme, but the following should still work (certainly in 2.09

    mode).</p>


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    <li><tt><a href="ltx-304.html">\rm</a></tt> - Roman</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-249.html">\it</a></tt> - Italics</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-221.html">\em</a></tt> - Emphasis

        (toggles between <tt>\it</tt> and <tt>\rm</tt>)
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    <li><tt><a href="emph.html">\emph</a></tt> (LaTeX2e emphasis command)</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-204.html">\bf</a></tt> - Boldface</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-316.html">\sl</a></tt> - Slanted</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-313.html">\sf</a></tt> - Sans serif</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-308.html">\sc</a></tt> - Small caps</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-331.html">\tt</a></tt> - Typewriter</li>

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    <li><tt><a href="boldmath.html">\boldmath</a></tt> and

        <tt><a href="boldmath.html">\unboldmath</a></tt>

        (affects math mode fonts only)
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<p>These are LaTeX

    <a href="declarations.html"><em>delcarations</em></a> (with the

    exception of <tt><a href="emph.html">\emph</a></tt>), i.e., they

    do not act on an argument, but change the way LaTeX prints the

    following text. The <em>scope</em> of a declaration is ended by

    a right brace (<tt>}</tt>) or an <tt>\end{}</tt> command whose

    matching left brace (<tt>{</tt>) or <tt>\begin{}</tt> precedes

    the declaration.</p>


<p>Thus, for a short piece of italics or bold-face text one would use</p>



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    This is {\it italics} and this is {\bf in boldface}.

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<p>which would be set as "This is <em>italics</em> and this is

    <strong>in boldface</strong>.</p>


<p>In LaTeX2e the <tt><a href="emph.html">\emph</a></tt> command

    is considered more suitable for short stretches of emphasized

    text. A typical use would be</p>



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    This is \emph{emphasized text}.

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    See also Typeface <a href="ltx-178.html">Sizes</a><br>

    LaTeX2e <a href="fonts2e.html">Font Selection</a><br>

    See also <a href="mathfonts.html">Math fonts and styles</a><br>

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